Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 23, 2018
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 189 660 660
Osprey 4 12 12
Bald Eagle 10 54 54
Northern Harrier 6 73 73
Sharp-shinned Hawk 169 729 729
Cooper's Hawk 6 20 20
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 109 6890 6890
Red-tailed Hawk 11 45 45
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 31 253 253
Merlin 4 14 14
Peregrine Falcon 0 7 7
Unknown Accipiter 0 7 7
Unknown Buteo 0 5 5
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 3 3
Total: 539 8773 8773
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Cindy Isenhoff
Observers: Craig Evans, Cramer, Dan Lumm, Jeremy Bensette,
Matt Branigan, Paul Pratt
Visitors:
Many visitors on the tower today to wind up the Festival weekend. Thanks
to all who attended, and to those who helped make the Festival a success!
Weather:
A beautiful cool fall morning. Sunny skies and a start temp of 11.5C,
ending the day with 23C. Winds in the morning were NNE but around 11am
began shifting and ended up as SE. A nearly cloudless sky made for some
very high birds early in the day.
Raptor Observations:
10 species of Raptors overall today. We have large numbers of anything
today, unlike yesterday's Broad-winged Hawk count.
Non-raptor Observations:
Blue Jays started the day strong with a constant stream over the marsh
22,890 total. Monarchs were also on the move, especially later in the
afternoon once the winds died down, and the temperatures warmend. Various
other song birds were counted, see the eBird link below.
https://ebird.org/canada/view/checklist/S48706119
Predictions:
Mostly cloudy with slight chance of rain. Winds will be ESE in the
morning, changing to SSE later.
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Report submitted by Cindy Isenhoff ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at:
http://hbmo.ca/
More site information at hawkcount.org:
http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=100
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